"De facto GIS in SQL" is the primary reason why developers consider PostGIS over the competitors, whereas "Free" was stated as the key factor in picking Sequel Pro.

PostGIS and Sequel Pro are both open source tools. Sequel Pro with 6.73K GitHub stars and 591 forks on GitHub appears to be more popular than PostGIS with 645 GitHub stars and 246 GitHub forks.

Movielala, Algorithmia, and Nano Solutions are some of the popular companies that use Sequel Pro, whereas PostGIS is used by HotelTonight, Key Location, and DNT. Sequel Pro has a broader approval, being mentioned in 46 company stacks & 23 developers stacks; compared to PostGIS, which is listed in 53 company stacks and 14 developer stacks.

What is PostGIS?

PostGIS is a spatial database extender for PostgreSQL object-relational database. It adds support for geographic objects allowing location queries to be run in SQL.

What is Sequel Pro?

Sequel Pro is a fast, easy-to-use Mac database management application for working with MySQL databases.

What tools integrate with PostGIS?

What tools integrate with Sequel Pro?

MongoDB stores data in JSON-like documents that can vary in structure, offering a dynamic, flexible schema. MongoDB was also designed for high availability and scalability, with built-in replication and auto-sharding.

MySQL

The MySQL software delivers a very fast, multi-threaded, multi-user, and robust SQL (Structured Query Language) database server. MySQL Server is intended for mission-critical, heavy-load production systems as well as for embedding into mass-deployed software.

Elasticsearch

Elasticsearch is a distributed, RESTful search and analytics engine capable of storing data and searching it in near real time. Elasticsearch, Kibana, Beats and Logstash are the Elastic Stack (sometimes called the ELK Stack).

PostgreSQL

PostgreSQL is an advanced object-relational database management system
that supports an extended subset of the SQL standard, including
transactions, foreign keys, subqueries, triggers, user-defined types
and functions.

ArcGIS

It is a geographic information system for working with maps and geographic information. It is used for creating and using maps, compiling geographic data, analyzing mapped information, sharing and much more.